The Author: Annette Luibrand, born in 1964, studied agricultural sciences at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany. She specialised in development economics. After gaining her Master’s degree in 1997 she worked as a research associate at the Institute of Agricultural Development Theory and Policy in the Tropics and Subtropics. During her graduate and postgraduate studies, she has gained substantial working experience in Latin America and Southeast Asia. Since June 2001 she is working for the development organisation «Brot für die Welt».

• Contents: Transition process in Vietnam – Study on the Black Thai – Ethnic Minority Group in Northern Vietnam – Impact of the Rural Reform Process on the Livelihood – Farming System Analysis – Determination of Agricultural Efficiency.

The Author: Annette Luibrand, born in 1964, studied agricultural sciences at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany. She specialised in development economics. After gaining her Master’s degree in 1997 she worked as a research associate at the Institute of Agricultural Development Theory and Policy in the Tropics and Subtropics. During her graduate and postgraduate studies, she has gained substantial working experience in Latin America and Southeast Asia. Since June 2001 she is working for the development organisation «Brot für die Welt».

• Contents: Transition process in Vietnam – Study on the Black Thai – Ethnic Minority Group in Northern Vietnam – Impact of the Rural Reform Process on the Livelihood – Farming System Analysis – Determination of Agricultural Efficiency.

The Author: Annette Luibrand, born in 1964, studied agricultural sciences at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany. She specialised in development economics. After gaining her Master’s degree in 1997 she worked as a research associate at the Institute of Agricultural Development Theory and Policy in the Tropics and Subtropics. During her graduate and postgraduate studies, she has gained substantial working experience in Latin America and Southeast Asia. Since June 2001 she is working for the development organisation «Brot für die Welt».

• Contents: Transition process in Vietnam – Study on the Black Thai – Ethnic Minority Group in Northern Vietnam – Impact of the Rural Reform Process on the Livelihood – Farming System Analysis – Determination of Agricultural Efficiency.